anthonyjevans

When someone tells you an idea, he is merely contributing to the stuff of your experience… If you already have the idea, you can assimilate it without thinking and proceed. If you do not have the idea, you can (a) ignore it, (b) misunderstand it in such a way that it resembles an idea you do have, or (c) stop to think about it. The third possibility is the only case in which the flow of experience is interrupted and reflection commences